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Tecamid™ Nylon Sheets and Rods

TECAMID™ is an ideal material for metal replacement in applications whose design requirements include high strength, toughness, and weight reduction.

Nylon was the first engineering resin. It has been used in applications ranging from electronic, marine, and automotive industries to fibers used to make carpet. Nylon has outstanding wear resistance and low frictional properties. It has very good temperature, chemical, and impact properties. However, nylon’s one weakness is a propensity to absorb moisture and thus have poor dimensional stability.

TECAMID™ 6/6
Type 6/6 general purpose standard grade nylon. Extruded in natural and black. (Weather Resistant Black Grade is also available as a custom.)

TECAMID™ has an excellent balance of properties which make it an ideal material for metal replacement in applications such as automotive parts, industrial valves, railway tie insulators, and other industry uses whose design requirements include high strength, toughness, and weight reduction.

Typical Property Values

PROPERTIES

ASTMTest Method

Units

TECAMID™ 6/6

TECAMID™ 6/12

TECAMID™ ST

TECAMID™ HS

Physical

Density

D792

lbs/in3

0.0412

0.0383

0.0390

0.0412

Specific Gravity

D792

g/cc

1.14

1.06

1.08

1.14

Water Absorption

@24 hours, 73°F

D570

%

1.2

0.25

1.2

-

@Saturation, 73°F

D570

%

8.5

3.0

6.7

-

Mechanical

Tensile Strength @ Yield, 73°F

D638

psi

100,00

8,000

7,200

10,000

Tensile Modulus

D639

psi

350,000

300,000

-

350,000

Elongation @ Break, 73°F

D638

%

25

20

60

25

Flexural Strength, 73°F

D790

psi

15,500

-

9,800

-

Flexural Modulus, 73°F

D790

psi

440,000

275,000

245,000

440,000

Compressive Strength

D695

psi

5,000

2,400

-

-

Izod Impact Strength, 73°F

D256

ft-lbs/in

1.1

0.9

17.0

1.2

Rockwell Hardness, 73°F

D785

M or R Scale

M-90

R-114

R-112

-

Shore Hardness

-

D Scale

-

-

-

-

Wear Factor Against Steel, 40 psi, 50 fpm

D3702

200 x 10-10

190 x 10-10

200 x 10-10

-

Static Coefficient of Friction

D3702

-

-

0.31

-

-

Dynamic Coefficient of Friction, 40 psi, 50 fpm

D3702

-

0.26

-

0.28

-

Thermal

Heat Deflection Temperature

@ 66 psi

D648

°F

455

-

421

392

@264 psi

D648

°F

194

142

160

194

Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion

D696

in/in/°F

4.5 x 10-5

5 x 10-5

6.7 x 10-5

-

Maximum Servicing Temperature

Intermittent

-

°F

300

-

-

-

Long Term

UL746B

°F

185

-

-

-

Specific Heat

-

BTU/lb-°F

0.4

0.45

-

-

Thermal Conductivity

-

-

-

1.53

-

-

Vicat Softening Point

-

°F

-

-

-

-

Melting Point

D2133

°F

491

422

505

504

Flammability

UL94

(mm)

V-2 (3.0)

HB (0.86)

HB (0.81)

HB (0.75)

Electrical

Surface Resistivity

D257

ohm/square

-

-

-

-

Volume Resistivity

D257

ohm-cm

1015

1015

-

-

Dielectric Strength

D149

V/mil

300-400

-

-

-

Dielectric Constant

@ 60 Hz, 73°F, 50% RH

D150

-

4

4

-

-

@ 1 MHz

D150

-

3.6

3.5

-

-

@ 20 GHz

D150

-

-

-

-

-

@ 30 GHz

D150

-

-

-

-

-

Dissipation Factor, @ 60 HZ, 73°F

D150

-

0.01

0.02

-

-

This information is only to assist and advise you on current technical knowledge and is given without obligation or liability. All trade and patent rights should be observed. All rights reserved. Data obtained from extruded shapes material. TECAMID™ - Ensinger Industries, Inc.